March 2009
20 posts
Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks | Video on... →
I love this guy! What a genius!
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University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program
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I took 11. The Art of Walking. It changed my life.
Birthday parties in a high school classroom
Okay, what do you do with a turned off, tuned out group of high school students?
Well, I give them birthday parties. Yep, that’s right. It isn’t in the curriculum guide, it probably won’t improve standardized test scores, it seems childish, and I don’t care. I throw them birthday parties.
I have a group of 27 students in an English III class, 10 of whom are NOT on...
Renee Fleming is stupendous
I love this song, and she does an amazing job singing it. I don’t always like the operatic style of singing, but it works with this song. And this song always lifts me up, gives me hope, gives me courage and strength. It’s a beautiful, wonderful composition.
I Think I Wanted to be Shirley Jones
It just hit me…I think all throughout my midteens to late twenties I had a subconscious desire to be Shirley Jones. That makes me laugh. But it’s true. I wore my hair exactly as she is wearing hers in this scene. I wanted to sing just like her and loved all the songs she sang in all the musicals she appeared in. Yes, I think, it must be true…I wanted to be Shirley Jones.
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The Marks of Suffering
“One writes of scars healed, a loose parallel to the pathology of the skin, but there is no such thing in the life of an individual. There are open wounds, shrunk sometimes to the size of a pin-prick but wounds still. The marks of suffering are more comparable to the loss of a finger, or of the sight of an eye. We may not miss them, either, for one minute in a year, but if we should there is...
milesbarger:
University of Montana in Missoula Environmental Studies Program
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Somebody's Prayin'
I love this song. We bought a Ricky Skaggs CD recently and discovered this song on the last track of the CD. For all of those I love who are having difficulties, do know that that somebody praying for you is me.
